All Anne Lamott Quotes
- All those years I fell for the great palace lie that grief should be gotten over as quickly as possible and as privately. But, what… Acuteness
- I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re incredibly busy and… Busy
- When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved. Agree
- People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved. Each
- Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they say… Any
- I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published… All
- Very few writers really know what they are doing until they have done it. Few
- Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. Becoming
- All I know is that after 10 years of being sober, with huge support to express my pain and anger and shadow, the grief and… All
- A priest friend of mine has cautioned me away from the standard God of our childhoods, who loves you and guides you and then, if… Bad
- When he sees little kids sitting in the backseat of cars, in those little car seats that have steering wheels, with grim expressions of concentration… Along
- You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to… Keep Getting
- Every time I see the bumper sticker that says “We think we’re humans having spiritual experiences, but we’re really spirits having human experiences,” I (a)… Bumper
- You are going to have to give and give and give, or there's no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from… Cosmic
- Once an old woman at my church said the secret is that God loves us exactly the way we are and that he loves us… Change
- You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible. Always Say
- What if we never 'get over' certain deaths, or our childhoods? What if the idea that we should have by now, or will, is a… Certain
- Pastor Veronica told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, straining. a warhorse walks up… Air
- We are not here to see through one another, but to see one another through. Funny
- You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. Funny
- Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy… Almost Always
- I am an Aries. Although I do not believe in astrology, I think this is exactly the right sign to have been born under. Aries
- I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button. Anyone
- You are not your bank account, our your ambitiousness. You're not the cold clay lump with a big belly you leave behind when you die.… Account
- Sometimes it takes failure to figure out who you aren't. Failure